A2J Author ® Law School Clinics & Access to Justice

A2J Author®Law School Clinics

& Access to JusticeRonald W. Staudt

Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of LawDirector, Center for Access to Justice & Technology

LSC- Technology Innovation Grants Statewide Web Sites

• Internet Platforms for Transformation

National Public Automated Document Server- LHI• Building a technical community of transformation agents

A2J Author• A Surprising Success

Illinois Statewide web site

National Web server

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Collaboration!!

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Meeting the Needs of Self Represented Litigants: A Consumer Based Approach

• Identify the major barriers to access to justice by litigants without lawyers• Ethnographic research in 5 courts,

California, Delaware, Colorado & Illinois• Employ the latest in system

design methodology to redesign the process

• Design Factors, Function Structure, Information Structure, Solution Elements, System Structure

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The Prototype:Joint Simplified Dissolution of Marriage

A2J Author® Pro Se Interface

A graphical user interface for data collection specifically designed by Chicago-Kent & CALI for low-income, self-represented individuals.

What is A2J Author?

Legal aid organizations & courts use A2J Author to create “Guided Interviews” to collect data from end-users one piece at a time.

A2J Author Data Collection

A2J Author has “just in time” learning features for the end-user including: “Learn More” bubbles, definition pop-ups, audio, graphic and video capabilities.

A2J Author Learning Features

DocumentAssembly

Uses for A2J Author

Online IntakeBenefitsEligibility Screen & Calculators

E-FilingTriage

Stand-AloneInfo Guides

Document Assembly

Child name TE

Child DOB DA

Child address TE

Child county TE

A2J Author Answer File

01/22/2006 123 My Street OurCountyJohn Doe

A2J Author Document Assembly Statistics

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Next Generation A2J: Unlimited Access

Law School ClinicsCreating Legal Aid Resources with A2J Author®

Law School Clinics

200 law schools

Opportunity

BYU: Computer-Based Practice Systems

Columbia: Lawyering in the Digital Age

NY Law School: Geeks for Wonks

Vermont: Digital Drafting

Chicago-Kent: Justice & Technology Practicum

Suffolk Law School: Lawyering in an Age of Smart Machines

Georgetown: technology, Innovation, and Law Practice: An

Experimental Seminar

Examples of Apps 4 Justice Clinics

Deep dive into law, procedure & heuristics

Exposure to policy/ethical issues raised by

legal services delivery & technology

Key competencies for emerging law

practice: e-lawyering, unbundling, web 2.0

& “cloud” practice”

Apps 4 Justice: Powerful Education

Law Students: Field observation help desk Scope document Research memo Storyboard A2J Guided Interview &

HotDocs template

Legal Aid New Guided Interviews: Guardianship Petition Expungement Complaint IDOL Wage Theft Claim

Justice & Technology Practicum

Course materials and distance tools on

CALI & Google

clinic pilots with LSC

Matching students to legal aid projects

Marketing, evaluation and plan for

growth

National Initiative:Apps 4 Justice Clinics 2012-2014

Will Produce

Skills & Core Competencies

A2J Guided Interviews

& Templates

Access to Justice

A4J Clinical courses